Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:13:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Denis DeLaRoca <denis@acacia.cts.ucla.edu> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPPoE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910260112490.39198-100000@acacia.cts.ucla.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9910010136440.27808-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, spork wrote: > It seems more and more ADSL providers in the US are moving from bridged > IP over ethernet to PPP over Ethernet as they dump whatever clunky > solutions they started with and move to the RedBack "subscriber management > system". The idea it seems is to simulate the familiar dialup connection. > This lets you hand out dynamic addresses, dump idle users, discourage > servers, track usage, hamper NAT, and (the relevant part) discourage > people from connecting with anything but "supported" OS's. How does it hamper NAT, could you elaborate? -- Denis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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